Decline and Fall of Public Service Broadcasting

Michael Tracey

Decline and Fall of Public Service Broadcasting

Michael Tracey

Description

Public broadcasting is arguably the single most important social, cultural, and journalistic institution of the twentieth century. In the past 15 years it has been assaulted politically, ideologically, technologically, and is everywhere in retreat. This book considers the "idea" of public service broadcasting and examines in detail the assault made upon it.

Decline and Fall of Public Service Broadcasting

Michael Tracey

Table of Contents

Part I 1. Public Service Broadcasting2. Principles of Public Service3. The Deconstruction of Public Service BroadcastingPart II 4. Reinventing the BBC in the 1950s5. The BBC and Funding6. Conquerors, Culture, and Communication: The Foundation of Post-war Japanese Broadcasting7. The Making of an Institution: The Rebirth of NHK8. Conquerors, Culture, and Communication: The Intellectual Roots of Post-war German Broadcasting9. Conquerors, Culture, and Communication: The Creation of Nordwestdeutscher RundfunkPart III 10. Video Kombat and Highway Building11. The New Television in Britain12. Broadcasting and New Technologies: The Case of Japan13. A Stricken Place: The Condition of American
Public TelevisionPart IV 14. The Ceremony of Innocence: The Condition of Public Service BroadcastingBibliographyIndexPart I 1. Public Service Broadcasting2. Principles of Public Service3. The Deconstruction of Public Service BroadcastingPart II 4. Reinventing the BBC in the 1950s5. The BBC and Funding6. Conquerors, Culture, and Communication: The Foundation of Post-war Japanese Broadcasting7. The Making of an Institution: The Rebirth of NHK8. Conquerors, Culture, and Communication: The Intellectual Roots of Post-war German Broadcasting9. Conquerors, Culture, and Communication: The Creation of Nordwestdeutscher RundfunkPart III 10. Video Kombat and Highway Building11. The New
Television in Britain12. Broadcasting and New Technologies: The Case of Japan13. A Stricken Place: The Condition of American Public TelevisionPart IV 14. The Ceremony of Innocence: The Condition of Public Service BroadcastingBibliographyIndex